MCS Advanced Subsea Engineering
Fact Sheet

ADVANCED ENGINEERING FOR STEEL CATENARY RISERS

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  • Independence
    • Independent and impartial engineering, without hardware or installation preference
  • Advanced Subsea Engineering
    • Unique combination of engineering experience, including design, testing, analytical skills and proprietary software solutions
  • Experienced Personnel
    • Personnel with worldwide experience, all locations, all water depths
    • 25 years in offshore industry
  • Resources
    • Staff of 150 based in Houston, Galway, Aberdeen, Rio, Perth and Paris
  • Worldwide client base and experience

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Services

Benefits

  • Overall concept design and configuration layout
  • Pipe sizing (API, DNV, CFR)
  • Selection/specification of material and coating requirements
  • Analysis
    • Extreme (storm conditions)
    • Motion fatigue
    • VIV fatigue
    • Installation
    • Interference with wake effects
  • Specifications
    • Line pipe
    • Weld test
    • Flex joints/Stress joints
    • Strakes/Fairings
  • Fracture Mechanics
  • Analysis of pipe-in-pipe SCRs
  • Evaluation of alternative materials
  • Operator project support
  • Technology gap/bridges
    • HP/HT
    • Materials
    • Components
  • Concepts
  • Installation Support

 

  • Forefront of Technology First SCR to a floating production facility World record SCR design in >8,000ft Worlds first SCR design to a DDSS
  • Experience with Multiple Vessel Types
    • Deep-draft Semi-submersibles (DDSS)
    • Semi-submersibles
    • Spars
    • TLPs
  • Site Locations
    • Gulf of Mexico
    • West of Africa
    • Offshore Brazil
  • Software
    • Flexcom, Freecom, Modes, Clear
  • Design
    • Atlantia Independence Hub
    • ChevronTexaco Matterhorn
    • El Paso Red Hawk
    • Total Matterhorn
    • Petrobras Roncador II P52, Roncador
    • P36, South Marlim
    • Unocal EB 160
  • Verification
    • Operator Group/GulfTerra – Atwater Valley
    • El Paso Marco Polo
    • ExxonMobil Thunder Horse
    • ChevronTexaco Typhoon
    • Kerr McGee Red Hawk
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